Keyword: chutzpahhttp://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chutzpah/
en-usSat, 15 Nov 2014 21:56:30 GMTFocus Forum15Woman sues owners of dog killed by her pit bullshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3227422/posts
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) &#x97; A Texas woman whose four pit bulls entered her neighbors&#x27; yard through a hole in the fence and killed their 10-year-old beagle is suing them for $1 million.San Francisco Chroniclehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3227422/posts#commentSat, 15 Nov 2014 21:56:30 GMTKoskinen to Issa: &#x27;I Never Said I Would Provide You Emails We Didn&#x27;t Have&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3171789/posts
CNSNews.com) - &#x22;I said I would provide all the emails. We are providing all the emails. The fact that three years ago, some of them -- not all of them, but some of them -- were not available, I never said I would provide you emails we didn&#x27;t have,&#x22; IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told a Monday evening hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Frustrated Republicans and apologetic Democrats questioned Koskinen about Lois Lerner&#x27;s vanished emails for several hours, beginning with Committee Chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who asked Koskinen if he knew those critical emails were missing when...cnsnews.comhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3171789/posts#commentTue, 24 Jun 2014 18:13:24 GMTPresident Obama, While on Hawaii Vacation, Lambastes GOP Who &#x91;Went Home for the Holidays&#x92; and . . .http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3108438/posts
While President Barack Obama continued what the Weekly Address to accuse Republicans in Congress of going home for the holidays while less-fortunate Americans suffer. Just a few days after Christmas, more than one million of our fellow Americans lost a vital economic lifeline &#x96; the temporary insurance that helps folks make ends meet while they look for a job. Republicans in Congress went home for the holidays and let that lifeline expire. And for many of their constituents who are unemployed through no fault of their own, that decision will leave them with no income at all. We make this...The Blazehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3108438/posts#commentSun, 5 Jan 2014 03:19:07 GMTObama: &#x27;I Didn&#x27;t Set a Red Line&#x27; on Syriahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3062425/posts
Obama: &#x27;I Didn&#x27;t Set a Red Line&#x27; on Syria Daniel Halper September 4, 2013 9:31 AM President Obama said in Sweden today that he personally &#x22;didn&#x27;t set a red line&#x22; on Syria: &#x22;First of all, I didn&#x27;t set a red line,&#x22; said Obama. &#x22;The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98 percent of the world&#x27;s population said the use of chemical weapons are [inaudble] and passed a treaty forbidding their use, even when countries are engaged in war. Congress set a red line when it ratified that treaty. Congress set a red...Weekly Standardhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3062425/posts#commentWed, 4 Sep 2013 13:35:11 GMTObama: &#x27;My Military&#x27; Looking at Syria Optionshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3061175/posts
President Barack Obama referred to the country&#x27;s troops as &#x22;my military&#x22; in Friday remarks about how the United States may respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in Syria that Obama asserted violated international norms. &#x22;Now, I have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken to help enforce that norm,&#x22; Obama said. &#x22;But as I&#x27;ve already said, I have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options. We have consulted with allies. We&#x27;ve consulted with Congress. We have been in conversations with all the interested...Breitbart's Big Peacehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3061175/posts#commentSun, 1 Sep 2013 00:17:00 GMTCop who pepper sprayed students and got fired seeks workers comp and claims psychiatric injuryhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3047587/posts
The former police officer who pepper-sprayed students during an Occupy protest at the University of California, Davis is appealing for worker&#x27;s compensation, claiming he suffered psychiatric injury from the 2011 incident.CBS Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3047587/posts#commentFri, 26 Jul 2013 15:10:30 GMTObama slams Republicans for gun reform &#x27;stunts&#x27;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005786/posts
President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.[snip] In sharp, impassioned remarks, he contrasted the courage of parents whose children were killed by a deranged gunman with US lawmakers he said feared the wrath of the powerful American gun lobby.France 24 - International Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3005786/posts#commentTue, 9 Apr 2013 14:51:14 GMTInternational monitors at US polling spots draw criticism from voter fraud groupshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2948127/posts
United Nations-affiliated election monitors from Europe and central Asia will be at polling places around the U.S. looking for voter suppression activities by conservative groups, a concern raised by civil rights groups during a meeting this week. The intervention has drawn criticism from a prominent conservative-leaning group combating election fraud.The Hillhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2948127/posts#commentSun, 21 Oct 2012 16:24:27 GMTObama 2012: More Chutzpah than Hope
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With Obama complaining that Mitt Romney is &#x22;new&#x22; to foreign policy and that Romney&#x27;s positions are &#x22;extreme,&#x22; mainstream America might need to redefine the word chutzpah. Traditionally defined as stunning audacity, such as murdering one&#x27;s parents and then pleading for clemency on the grounds of being an orphan, chutzpah will now have to be defined as spending one&#x27;s career on the left-wing fringes of society and then questioning the qualifications of anyone with real-world experience.American Thinkerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2929838/posts#commentWed, 12 Sep 2012 12:43:27 GMTMary Hayashi inquired about Nadia Lockyer&#x27;s seathttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876568/posts
Maybe there&#x27;s something about one of the Alameda County Board of Supervisor&#x27;s five seats that attracts troubled Bay Area politicians. Less than a week after Nadia Lockyer resigned her seat on the board following weeks of scandalous revelations of drug abuse and a sexual affair with a meth adddict, disgraced Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi, D-Hayward, reportedly inquired about the post. Hayashi, who is termed out of the Legislature after this year, contacted three of the four remaining members of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to gauge their interest in appointing her to fill out Lockyer&#x27;s term until 2014, the Bay...San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2876568/posts#commentThu, 26 Apr 2012 00:22:02 GMTRon Paul: &#x91;Israel should be the Hong Kong of the Middle East&#x92;http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2830465/posts
At a campaign event that drew more than 300 people here late Sunday afternoon, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) defended his Israel policy in response to a question from an undecided voter, an answer that included, in part, the suggestion that Israel &#x93;should be the Hong Kong of the Middle East.&#x94; &#x93;I would want to maintain very close relations with Israel,&#x94; Paul said. &#x93;I&#x92;d want to be a good friend of Israel. And I also want to respect them in many ways that I do not think the United States should undermine their sovereignty in any way.&#x94; He went on to...Washington Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2830465/posts#commentMon, 9 Jan 2012 06:56:14 GMTRon Paul : I Am the Most Pro-Israel Candidatehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2826218/posts
&#x3C;p&#x3E;Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul said Wednesday night that he is not anti-Semitic, and that he is pro-Israel, despite remarks made earlier this week by his former aide by which Paul would have preferred it if Israel did not exist.&#x3C;/p&#x3E;
Arutz Shevahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2826218/posts#commentThu, 29 Dec 2011 06:52:25 GMTRon Paul Tells Newsmax: I Support Israelhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2817266/posts
Ron Paul Tells Newsmax: I Support IsraelIn an exclusive Newsmax interview, Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul confirmed his support for Israel, but cautioned that while the United States should be a &#x93;friend&#x94; of the Jewish state, America should not be the &#x93;master&#x94; of Israel. Paul also says the United States should not dictate Israel&#x92;s borders or try to &#x93;buy her allegiance&#x94; with massive amounts of foreign aid. He argued that foreign aid has actually hurt &#x96; not helped &#x96; the Jewish state. The interview was conducted by Newsmax contributor Doug Wead, a presidential historian and New York Times...Newsmaxhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2817266/posts#commentWed, 7 Dec 2011 18:52:06 GMTObama: I&#x91;ve Done More for Israel&#x92;s Security Than Any Other Administrationhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2814951/posts
President Barack Obama said Wednesday he has done more for Israel&#x92;s security than any other administration, and vowed no ally is more important to the U.S. than the Jewish state. &#x93;I try not to pat myself too much on the back, but this administration has done more for the security of the state of Israel than any previous administration,&#x94; Obama said. Speaking to prominent Jewish supporters at a New York City fundraiser, Obama said there is &#x93;enormous tumult&#x94; in the Middle East because of the Arab Spring, but that the U.S. stands firmly &#x93;on the side of democracy&#x94; and on...The Blazehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2814951/posts#commentFri, 2 Dec 2011 02:07:05 GMTPutin says smash faces of Russian fraudstershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2799485/posts
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir, already in campaign mode for a third term as president, said fraudsters who siphon off state money should have their faces smashed. &#x85; &#x22;The practitioners of kickbacks and graft should not only get a rap on the knuckles, they should have their faces smashed,&#x22; Putin told an audience of Russian financial policemen. Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International rates Russia as the world&#x27;s most corrupt major economy, ranking it 154th out of 178 nations in its corruption perceptions index last year, on a par with Cambodia, Kenya and Laos. &#x85;Reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2799485/posts#commentSat, 29 Oct 2011 02:59:27 GMTMinister: Turkey&#x27;s Demand for Apology &#x96; Chutzpahhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2760290/posts
Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said Monday that Turkey&#x27;s demand for an Israeli apology for deaths aboard the Gaza flotilla last year constitutes &#x22;chutzpah.&#x22; Speaking on Voice of Israel government-run radio, Yaalon noted that the flotilla &#x96; which pitted armed thugs against IDF soldiers, while posing as a humanitarian mission &#x96; was a provocation, and that Ankara bears some of the responsibility for this. Turkey wants to &#x22;stand Israel in the corner&#x22; and raise its own prestige in the eyes of the Arabs, Hizbullah and Hamas at Israel&#x27;s expense, he added. &#x22;The Turkish policy will not change if we apologize,&#x22;...Arutz Shevahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2760290/posts#commentMon, 8 Aug 2011 09:40:02 GMTCasey Anthony plans to appeal convictions for lyinghttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2749118/posts
Casey Anthony will appeal her convictions on four charges of lying to detectives who investigated the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, according to a notice filed on Friday by her criminal defense attorneys. (snip) The defamation lawsuit was filed in 2008 but put on hold during the criminal proceedings. Fernandez-Gonzalez&#x27;s lawyers this week asked for an emergency order to compel Anthony to appear at the deposition, telling the judge they were concerned she would disappear after her release from jail. Greene countered with a motion for an emergency protective order, arguing that Anthony was emotionally and...Reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2749118/posts#commentFri, 15 Jul 2011 18:02:20 GMTObama tells Jewish donors he strongly backs Israel (Gag Alert)
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Reuters) - President Barack Obama reassured Jewish donors on Monday he strongly supports Israel, stressing close ties between the United States and the Jewish state, but also emphasizing that changes in the Middle East will require a fresh look at the region. &#x22;Both the United States and Israel are going to have to look at this new landscape with fresh eyes. It&#x27;s not going to be sufficient for us just to keep on doing the same things,&#x22; Obama said at the first of two big-ticket fund-raisers where he was speaking on Monday evening.reutershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2737523/posts#commentTue, 21 Jun 2011 02:23:02 GMTGrow up, Secretary Geithner
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Yesterday, Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave a speech in New York on the debt default crisis, which tried to shift blame for the nation&#x27;s finances away from the Administration (reported by USA Today: &#x22;If Republicans try to impose that plan on this country as a condition for raising the debt limit, then they will own the responsibility for the first default in our history, with devastating damage to the nation.&#x22; Talk about chutzpah! First, as Treasury Secretary, Geithner is the Administration official most responsible for monitoring the spending as well as the revenue-raising of the federal government. It is...The American Thinkerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2722004/posts#commentThu, 19 May 2011 12:44:21 GMTChutzpah, or Ploufepah???http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2702765/posts
&#x22;img src=&#x22;http://squeekyfromm.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/chutzpah.jpg?w=181&#x26;h=279&#x22; Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish defines chutzpah as &#x93;gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible &#x91;guts,&#x92; presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to.&#x94; In this sense, chutzpah expresses both strong disapproval and a grudging admiration. In the same work, Rosten also defined the term as &#x93;that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan.&#x93; Perhaps we need a similar word for what David Ploufe , a senior White House aide said about...Squeeky Fromm - Girl Reporterhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2702765/posts#commentMon, 11 Apr 2011 03:54:53 GMTFired workers sue Chipotle, say checks were late
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A group of workers that Chipotle Mexican Grill fired for being illegal immigrants sued the restaurant chain on Thursday, alleging that it didn&#x92;t comply with a Minnesota law requiring all back pay to be distributed promptly. Last month, Chipotle said it fired a substantial number of its 1,200 Minnesota workers starting in December, after a federal immigration audit found some of them to be illegal immigrants. Participants in a protest against the firings put the number at 700. The company wouldn&#x92;t say how many there were, but a source close to the investigation put the number closer to 350. Up...Minneapolis Star Tribunehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2668313/posts#commentFri, 4 Feb 2011 01:32:04 GMTPoliticians call on unemployed not to buy fireworkshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2649843/posts
Two politicians have caused outrage in Berlin by demanding that recipients of the unemployment benefit known as Hartz IV not waste their money on fireworks. Germans usually spend over &#x80;100 million on fireworks in the three days leading up to the New Year. Although there are no statistics on how much of this cash is unemployment benefit, two Berlin politicians decided to give those on welfare some end-of-year advice. &#x22;Unemployment benefit, which is paid by the state, should not be blown on rockets and bangers,&#x22; Cornelia Seibeld of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) told Berlin newspaper B.Z.. This came...The Localhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2649843/posts#commentFri, 31 Dec 2010 17:10:27 GMTAudacity: Ground Zero Mosque Developers Apply for $5M in U.S. Taxpayer Money (Outrageous)
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The &#x22;cultural bridge&#x22; appears to be in financial trouble From the Daily Beast today, we learn that the Ground Zero mosque developers, who still owe more than $200,000 in back taxes, have jumped the funding shark. Evidently, those Saudi millions have failed to come through as planned and the mosque developers have applied for a federal grant to get their &#x93;cultural bridge&#x94; out of the water. The mosque developers, having at last report only about $20,000 in their bank account, have applied for &#x97; stop the presses &#x97; five million taxpayer dollars. The grant money, if approved, will come from...Pajamas Mediahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631383/posts#commentMon, 22 Nov 2010 19:19:06 GMTTakes one to know one, Eliothttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2595987/posts
Nobody doubts that Andrew Cuomo is a thumb-in-your-eye political brawler -- not that there&#x27;s anything wrong with that. And for Eliot Spitzer to be feigning shock about it in public is a little rich, don&#x27;t you think? Spitzer, the disgraced ex-governor kicking off a career as TV yakker, this week tossed a brickbat at Cuomo: &#x22;The problem Andrew has is that everybody knows that behind the scenes he is the dirtiest, nastiest political player out there,&#x22; he said. Dirty? Nasty? From Spitzer? Chutzpah Hall of Fame, we say! Spitzer&#x27;s basic problem with Cuomo isn&#x27;t hard to figure out, of course....NY Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2595987/posts#commentSat, 25 Sep 2010 10:48:23 GMTA Clinton Entendre Eulogy
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America should hand it to Bill Clinton. The man is the master of manipulation, an oratorical genius. Clinton can use words to turn the argument around like no one else on the planet. Ex-President Clinton is able to parse language in such a way that after he is done playing with your head even the meaning of the word &#x22;is&#x22; becomes debatable. Bill Clinton is so good that a whole generation of people actually believe sex isn&#x27;t sex. Moreover, in the midst of playing lexicon Twister, Clinton somehow always includes in everything he says self-aggrandizing subliminal messages that relate to...The American Thinkerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2546673/posts#commentSun, 4 Jul 2010 10:12:40 GMT